מִשְׁפָּחָה

Family

mish-pa-KHAH

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About “Family” in Hebrew

Family is the cornerstone of Jewish life, and mishpacha encompasses both the immediate and extended family unit. In Israel, family gatherings on Shabbat and holidays are near-universal traditions. The concept extends beyond blood relatives—the entire Jewish people are often referred to as one large mishpacha.

Example

כָּל הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה מִתְאַסֶּפֶת בְּשַׁבָּת.

The whole family gathers on Shabbat.

Gematria of “Family” (משפחה)

In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word משפחה (mish-pa-KHAH) has a gematria value of 433.

40מ+

300ש+

80פ+

8ח+

5ה

total433

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“Family” in the Bible

Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “family”.

Amos 3:1עמוס 3:1

שמעו את הדבר הזה אשר דבר יהוה עליכם בני ישראל על כל המשפחה אשר העליתי מארץ מצרים לאמר

Hear this word, O people of Israel, That GOD has spoken concerning you, Concerning the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 25:5דברים 25:5

כי ישבו אחים יחדו ומת אחד מהם ובן אין לו לא תהיה אשת המת החוצה לאיש זר יבמה יבא עליה ולקחה לו לאשה ויבמה

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies and leaves no offspring, the wife of the deceased shall not be married to a stranger, outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall unite with her: he shall take her as his wife and perform the levir’s duty.

Deuteronomy 25:10דברים 25:10

ונקרא שמו בישראל בית חלוץ הנעל

And he shall go in Israel by the name of “the family of the unsandaled one.”

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

This word starts with the Hebrew letter mem.